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Breaking Down New Jersey’s Budget

July 16, 2024

On June 28, New Jersey lawmakers passed the fiscal year 2025 state budget. To summarize it in one word: disappointing. NJBIA's Chris Emigholz joins us to discuss some of the major elements of the budget - the corporate transit fee, the $2.1 billion structural gap, property tax relief, public worker pension funding - and the potential impact and implications.

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Christopher  Emigholz

Christopher Emigholz

Christopher is the Chief Government Affairs Officer for the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) covering taxation, budget and economic development. Previously, he was a budget director for the State Senate Republican Office for 8 years and directed education policy and legislative affairs in the New Jersey Department of Education prior to that. Chris has a Master of Public Policy degree from Rutgers’ Bloustein School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University.

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Jeffrey  Kaszerman

Jeffrey Kaszerman

Jeff Kaszerman is the vice president of Government Relations for the NJCPA and can be reached at jkaszerman@njcpa.org.

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